- This graphic has been placed on my page…and given a text wrap so that the text flows right past it.…Now, this layout looks pretty good right now,…but what if I need to edit this text?…For example, I'll double click up here,…to switch to the type tool, then I'll just hit return…and start typing.…Well, now we've got problems.…The text moved, but the graphic didn't.…How can we tell the picture to move along with the text?…To do that, we need what's call an inline,…or an anchored object.…I'm gonna turn this object into an inline object.…

To do that, I first need to give it its own line to sit on.…I'll use the paragraph that we just created,…but I'm gonna delete that gibberish text.…Now we just have a blank paragraph.…I want this graphic to sit on that line…as though it were text.…To do that, I'm gonna choose the selection tool.…And then I'm going to select that graphic.…I'm going to cut that graphic to the clipboard…by going to the edit menu and choosing "cut".…Now, I need to go back to that paragraph…by double clicking on it so the flashing cursor…

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1/12/2016

Released

6/19/2015

InDesign is an essential tool for designers, ad agencies, magazines, newspapers, book publishers, and freelancers around the world. It's used to build everything from traditional print publications to interactive PDFs, digital magazines, and ebooks. This course presents a thorough explanation of the core features and techniques that make this page layout application so powerful, fun, and easy to use.

Want to learn InDesign in just 20 minutes? Watch the first chapter, which concentrates on the most essential skills: editing text, adding graphics, moving objects, and creating PDFs. Once you're ready to move on, InDesign insider David Blatner will show you the rest of what InDesign has to offer. Learn how to navigate and customize the workspace, manage documents and pages, format text and graphics, experiment with color and gradients, draw and transform shapes, create interactive documents, package your designs for print, and much more.

Topics include:

Getting started with InDesign in just 30 minutes

Setting up a new document

Inserting text

Placing graphics

Formatting objects

Creating color and gradient swatches

Organizing InDesign projects with layers

Transforming objects

Incorporating drop caps, bullets, and numbering

Applying character and object styles

Building tables

Creating an interactive PDF and exporting to EPUB

Printing and exporting

Skill Level Beginner

9h 34m

Duration

2,693,505

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Q: This course was updated on 01/12/2016. What changed?

A: We added one new movie covering the revised InDesign CC interface, including the new Start workspace, released in November 2015.